Caitlin Davies was born in London in 1964. She spent 12 years in Botswana as a teacher and journalist and many of her books are set in the Okavango Delta. Her latest novel is London based; The Ghost of Lily Painter, a fictional account of the arrest and execution of two Edwardian baby farmers. Her latest non-fiction is Taking the Waters: A Swim Around Hampstead Heath, a celebration of 200 years of glorious outdoor bathing. She is now working on a novel - The Babysitter - and researching an illustrated history of Camden Lock Market.